Vapor-burner



(N0 Modl.)

VAPOR BURNER.

No. 484,114. Patented Got. 11, 1892.

7L 17 muil- OzV UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. SAPP, OF OUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,114, dated October11, 1892.

Application tiled July 30, 1,891. y Serial No. 401,230. (N model.)

To a/ZZ whom it .may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. SAPP, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cuyafollowing is a specification. p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is Fig. 2 is Fig. 3 is a top aside elevation of my new burner. a vertical section of the same. or planview of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in 'that class of vapor-burnersWhere the vaporization of the gasoline is automatically produced by theflame itself, which serves the double purpose of vaporizing thegasoline, and thereby producing the illuminant on which said ame feeds,and of illuminating, and, also, where an automatic admixture of thegasoline vapor and atmospheric air is insured.

A represents an elbow or right-angle shaped pipe or coupling, to thelower end of the vertical portion of which is connected thegasoline-supply pipe E. The vertical portion of this pipe or coupling isformed with a gasoline-vaporizing chamber F, up into which the gasolineascends from the supplypipe E. The top face or lcrown of said verticalportion of the pipe or coupling A, immediately above the vaporizing orvapor-generating chamber F is of flat horizontal shape, as shown at G,and is horizontally in line with the flame-exit slit ct to insure theflame traveling directly along and in contact with said flat portion G,so as to heat the generating -chamber F and vaporize the gasolinetherein. Extendinghorizont-allyfromsaidvertical portion the pipe orcoupling branches, as shown at B, and through which branch horizontallyextends a channel or passage-way b, connecting at one end with saidvaporizingchamber F and extending vertically upward, as shown at c, intoan oifset C in a horizontally-threaded passage-way d, of which is seateda needle-valve e. Through this angular passage or channel b c thegasoline-vapor passes from the vaporizing-chamber F to the valve-guardedexit end of the offset C.

f and g represent vplugs closing end and bottom openings in the branchB, communicating with the Vapor-channel b. By removing said plugs thechannel b c can be readily cleaned.

D represents the commingling-chamber, which consists of a tube orcylinder lying parallel with and above said branch B, and is open at itsrear end to admit atmospheric air and within which chamber the air andvapor are automatically commingled, the iiame, when the needle-valve isopen, drawing the air and Vapor into and Inixing them together withinsaid chamber, as is well understood.

a. represents the flame-exit slit in the otherwise closed front end ofsaid chamber D. The upper lip h of said slit extends forwardly of andoverhangs the lower lip thereof and extends over the flat top G of thevaporizingchamber, so as to guide and insure the iiame passing acrossand impinging against said flat top G, and thereby imparting its heatthereto for the purpose of insuring the vaporization of the gasoline insaid chamber F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl The vapor-burnerherein described, con` y sistin g of a ri ght-angled or elbow-shapedpipe or coupling having in its vertical portion agasoline-vaporizingchamber,saidverticalportion at its lower end beingconnected with the gasoline-supply pipe and having at its upper end a Ilat crown, the horizontally-extending or branch portion of said pipehaving at its rear end an interiorly-threaded upwardly-extending offsetand a right-angled passageway connecting said vaporizing-chamber andoffset, a needle-valve having bearing within said offset, a tubular airand vapor commingling chamber extending parallel with and above thehorizontal portion of said elbowshaped pipe and having an open rear end,and a lipped and slitted front end, the upper lip of which extendsforwardly over a portion of the iiat crown of the vaporizing-chamber,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

